A Rev F In A Pedal? Checking Out The UA Knuckles

[@DerpyM_2.0]

As soon as I heard of this pedal I've been looking forward to Fluff's review/demo.

[@jarredbaca8112]

let's compare it to your actual REV F Fluff! Would be a sick video

[@SteveOuimette]

When I was learning guitar back in the 80's my big dream was to have a Rockman. You kids have it GOOD these days!

[@ookookook]

The rockman still sounds awesome IMO

[@SteveOuimette]

@@ookookook It does! I used one on an album a few years ago. That said, it was really the only portable game in town back then. Now it's...everything!!

[@ookookook]

@@SteveOuimette What's funny is I had one back in the day and nowadays I just jam through an Axe FX and my own custom preset that I play the most is a JCM800 with a an OD in front, tri-chorus, a parallel tape delay, parallel reverb and it sounds a lot like.....a dang rockman! LOL

[@SteveOuimette]

@@ookookook Hilarious! I had the Rockman Sustainer and Echo/Chorus rack back in the day too. These days I do a similar thing to you but the JCM800 is an '81 that I run through a 4x12 with my pedals and such. But once that chorus comes out it can get into Rockman territory quickly, right?

[@realtruenorth]

I bought a Rockman at a garage sale for 10 dollars and had it for many years in the 90s. So funny how much they are selling for now.

[@13Recon19D]

What a time to be a guitarist. Young new guitarists have so many options to get great sounds now without paying thousands of dollars for a head and cab

[@Zwidawurzn]

Yea, these days new guitarists can choose to buy a pedal at the price of a used Engl head (at least here in Europe). I mean it's actually nice to have the choice and i'm here because the pedal is interesting but i'd probably not recommend this to a new player who's on a budget.

[@dylanjastle]

@@Zwidawurznit’s pretty difficult to get a reliable tube amp for the price of this pedal in the US. It’s fender deluxe’s and fender blues Jr’s that light on fire or break after a couple years. If you happen to find a used Vox or Marshall head for $400, you still need to worry about maintenance, know how it’s supposed to sound and take it to a tech when it sounds wrong, etc. I think these simple pedals are pretty compelling for a beginner that wants a direct solution that sounds professional. No maintenance headaches, no rolling the dice when buying something used. I have tube amps and a load box for a direct solution. I’m not sure I’d recommend what I have to a beginner with $500 though

[@13Recon19D]

@@Zwidawurzn even then, you can just spend 400 on a katana and get a plethora of good tones in a combo. Modeling has came a very long way.

[@Zwidawurzn]

@@dylanjastle Ok i can imagine these problems with really old used amps, lol But even when comparing pedals... i mean you have to be pretty certain about it to spend that money on a pedal which does just one amp really well when there's Line6, ToneX, Headrush, Hotone and all these other brands battling with insanely versatile preamp/multifx products which are sometimes much cheaper and not bad either

[@Zwidawurzn]

@@13Recon19D yea katana is a good example, offers a greater variety of features and is already loud enough to keep up with the drummer at a similar price

[@Mar33322]

What I like about these pedals vs something like a Quad Cortex or something is that they do only 1 thing mainly . So for someone that needs a clean , dirty and maybe a delay/reverb combo pedal for leads and cleans this is great.

[@tutatis96]

The problem is that they cost the same

[@realtruenorth]

​@@tutatis96 quad Cortex is over $1700! This pedal is $350 dollars.. cost the same? WTF? Lol

[@johnwalker4105]

Short and sweet, very good review. Thanks!

[@andrewsmall4865]

I wanna hear this against the Dual Wreck which is $250 cheaper.

[@travisstone6099]

This is what I’m waiting for!

[@fischersen_85]

The dual wreck is f*cking awesome. It lacks some dynamics. But for the Price it’s an awesome piece of gear. I sold mine since you cannot change the inbuilt IR. That‘s unfortunate!

[@zool84]

Try an Amt R2

[@Eleyger]

​​@@zool84try not to pay anything to russia, amt is paying taxes, which Putin will use.

[@Whowhatwhere99]

​@@Eleyger nobody cares about that but you

[@SL1D3YB0I]

I want to hear it A/B with your rev f, see how close you can get the tones to match.

[@TimCordova]

Been waiting for this!

[@Patrick_theshuttercanvas]

Some Cloudkicker-Beacons vibes with that full mix demo 🔥

[@adamsoyer]

Such a pedal has been around for a long time and is already a mini legend. As well as Mesa emulation, it has Marshall and Fender tube amp sounds. Clean, overdrive, distortion and high gain. Plus, it costs half as much as this UAFX. Ladies and gentlemen - the Tech21 SansAmp GT2!

[@lorenzo-agnes]

One of my favorite pedals ever. I still have one - just brilliant.

[@troyfrink]

Add a Marshall JCM 2000 or 8100 to the UA high gain collection and it’s my ‘90s dream come true.

[@realtruenorth]

I bet the UA lion can do both of those amps tones.

[@troyfrink]

@@realtruenorth I wondered about that! I think it would be rad if UA added boost options (like a TS and SD-1) and some mod options - a Billie Joe mod or other famous ones kind of like ANTI’s bias and choke mod options to the Lion.

[@realtruenorth]

@@troyfrink I wonder if they can update that into the pedal?

[@realtruenorth]

@@troyfrink I bought an 8100 a year ago for 200 dollars and I will never get rid of that amp. Sold my JVM even LOL. But the 8100 stays.

[@cblair9494]

Fluff bringing those "When We Were Young" vibes by breaking out the Schecter! ❤

[@gnosticnomad8389]

I’ve got the ruby and the lion. Great boxes!

[@TroyPosey]

It sounds awesome! Pedal tech is really coming along these days, and it's really cool to see what these companies are doing, especially with the unicorn & unobtainium (for most) gear, and making them much more affordable for the average player. 👍🏼 But... If I want to hear a 1992 Dual Rec Rev-F through a 1999 Mesa 280w 4x12 w/ original UK V30's... I'll just fire mine up... Like Fluff, I also collect 2-channel Recto's. 😉🤘🏼🔥

[@adamalexanderray]

Here to complain about the same thing again. No direct comparison with the real amp. Would be nice to get some recorded amp tones from the real deal and try and match them with the UA pedal to see how close you can get.

[@jamproject9]

Yeah about $3000 plus difference.

[@XYz-vy7tr]

These "reviewers" are paid not to compare it with the real thing. The UAFX 5150 clone has been compared and it's not as good as the real amp, it was surprisingly weak imo.

[@barry3045]

Sounds just like Fluff. Deadly 🤘🏼

[@eldoradoguitars6456]

You can tell this is a "sponsored" video (i.e., paid demo) because the most obvious thing to do here would be to compare this pedal to one of Fluff's actual Mesa Rev F Dual Rectifiers, which isn't done in this video. C'mon man!

[@soundzznetwork]

Good point

[@Sundayeroddy]

Fluff doesn’t work with Mesa anymore. Because of Gibson . He won’t help push them in a KZbin vid I would think .

[@ilikelittlebikes]

I'm very interested to hear both this pedal and the Anti with the direct sound going into a tube power amp.

[@GuyNarnarian]

It won't sound good. You need to use an active speaker. Something like a Fender FR-12 or a PA system. Or through an interface and monitors. You can them on flat channels on some amps too. You can also use the effects loop of a tube amp - some of the cab sims will sound bad but some are ok. Usually sounds better through a real cab with the sims off.

[@thomasfokas]

If there’s any universal audio pedal that you should be doing a video about, it’s this one as I remember this being your favorite amp.

[@2_Normal_Ted_Junior]

Ever heard a rectifier through a cab through a stack of upright stationary fans? It is everything.

[@highsocietyskate]

Rev F and the Schecter! Fluff going back to his roots on this one!

[@msi1985]

Sounds really good 👍

[@gral9440]

In matter the sound accuracy, you choose this pedal or the synergy DRECT module

[@DJStrike1]

Saw this was released and came straight here to see if Fluff had a review of it.

[@ReelGoodAudio]

This sounds great, really curious how it would stack up through a powerstage and cab compared to a rectifier head.

[@stug5041]

I would love to see this compared to the synergy d rect and the real thing to see how the three compare

[@icollided]

Sick!

[@roelandbroekhuijsen1143]

So this UAFX pedal or the Tonex with offial Mesa pack?

[@JimsMusicJourney]

Is it me or did we not hear the typical chugga chugga of a rectifier?

[@RiffsAndBeards]

You did if you watched the playthrough 😬

[@JimsMusicJourney]

@RiffsAndBeards I don't rely on full mix demos because you can't tell what changes were made post production.

[@Whowhatwhere99]

​@@JimsMusicJourneyagreed

[@realtruenorth]

​@@JimsMusicJourneythat's why he did the playthrough 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Acristisnoir]

Watch the playthrough at about 6min mark. Plenty of chugs. Don't comment if you haven't watched it. Kinda cringe.

[@ughitstom]

hey man, that guitar is cool

[@VVOPOL]

They are really cooking lately But I guess If I will Will get it in a plugin form

[@aleribeiro123456]

You are a shepherd of the church Rectifier’s witness!

[@DugiDevetCarabolium]

What about Headphone plug, where to connect headphones?

[@adamstein9333]

Finally!

[@gstvmrls]

I was curious what your thoughts were on this when we got our demo unit. I've owned a few 2 channel recto heads back in the day and i'm a big fan of the Knuckles.

[@mooneyes1114]

bert kreischer is doing music equipment reivews now?!?! Siiiiicccckk

[@afterstars]

😂

[@steveparkhillfitness]

Do they have an 800 style pedal like this yet? Or is that something that could happen? I don’t want to carry mine around anymore 😅

[@wheresallthezombies]

Idk if this a dumb question, but how well does it handle boosts going into it?

[@peterwurzel1703]

I don't have this, but I've got two of the other ua amp pedals and they handle pedals really well. So I think it's save to assume it'll be the case here too.

[@jamessnowden8002]

How would this pedal sound thru a solid state amp..? ..Hmm?

[@NBLP7001]

$400. I was berating myself for spending $270 on a Friedman BE-OD Deluxe a couple of weeks ago.

[@Stanslick]

So, in a nutshell: This is your Dual Rec amp, in a size of a pedal that you can run straight into the mix so the sound guy gives you back the same sound in your monitors/in ears, so you only really need a guitar and a cable and this pedal and you can just play any venue??? No amp, box, tons of other things needed? Am I missing anything here, or is it really that simple? Pls correct me

[@MetalZoned]

Yup

[@somerandomhomeboy]

Dear Mr/Ms. Decision Maker at UA, All I want for Christmas is 2 more preset capability from my UAFX amp pedals. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏

[@TheVersencechy]

what drum do you use for the full mix?

[@devinlong6304]

Hey Fluff, I need some advice. These uafx pedals are about the same price as synergy modules. So im wondering whether i should go for the anti/knuckles or go for the synergy 6505/Drect modules. Any thoughts on which is the superior sound? Side note: this would be a really cool comparison video. Thanks fluff.

[@gral9440]

@@devinlong6304 the Drect module is simply awesome. I run it on a Syn 2 + Syn 5050 + Zilla Big Block 2x12 (V30+G12H75) with a Dirty Tree Pedal in front.

[@youknowhuwitis]

Can anyone please explain to me how these pedals actually work? Do you use it into an amp like a regular pedal or into a flat response powered speaker with a power amp in front?

[@tonekilltech]

You can run it without the cab IR (DSR) into a power amp and cab, or you can run it with the cab IR into FRFR or direct to front of house or into a DAW.

[@axellau6456]

These pedals really shine if you plug them straight into your audio interface (for tracking) or into the P.A. system. No amp required.

[@Screwhead]

I know this thing works in stereo, and that there's a bunch of options for routing, but is there any way to use the right channel as an effects loop? That's pretty much all that's keeping me from snatching one of these.. I don't care about Stereo, but I very much care about having an effects loop for my modulation/delay/reverb.

[@macklehnertmusic]

Nope no FX loop, definitely a deal breaker for me as well.

[@crock2434]

How is a stereo setup live not redundant? ..how can you get 60+ people to stand perfectly centered in the stereo field any way.just wondering?

[@eldermillenialpunk]

is that style of hat bend called something?

[@Manley156]

Sounds like a boxy block of blue cheese in the worst of ways. Also check your intonation on the high strings fluffy

[@gph2193]

Tall order for a pedal. I want the real deal, will settle for a toy box. No matter what, they cannot fit a $2,000 Mesa in a little box and I love my Schecter...

[@chasecarlson8859]

This or the Westminster 2716?

[@KillaFXZ]

So did you just run straight in with no 3rd party I.R.?

[@le_beatbox]

Is there a way to "lock down" the bluetooth connection? Or could someone with the app mess with your settings during a show?

[@therealkakitron]

Wouldn't they need to have access to the physical device to confirm pairing?

[@le_beatbox]

@@therealkakitron ah probably yeah, that would do it, hopefully that's how it works!

[@nj1255]

Is the "UK V30" meant to be a regular Celestion Made in UK V30, or is it supposed to be a Marshall-branded/voiced V30?

[@evitative462]

Probably neither; I'd guess it's the v30 that comes in MESA cabs

[@nj1255]

@@evitative462 I would guess that the "CA V30" is the Mesa one, not the "UK V30".

[@evitative462]

@@nj1255 you're right! Sorry about that, I hadn't really paid attention to how the other speakers were labeled. I'd be really surprised if it's supposed to be a G12 Vintage though.

[@realtruenorth]

7:16 .. now we're talking

[@christoghost]

what drums are you using?

[@johnstampii5620]

Sooo... in theory... a knuckles into a dual rect coooould equate to a quad rect... rad.

[@2_Normal_Ted_Junior]

So, it may be better than a Dual Rectifier for those who love the rectifier, _except_ for the copious high end “zzaz”?

[@33catch33]

While the Anti and Knuckle sound great: I’m not sure who this is for? I’m not trying to be mean or cheeky. Why would anyone buy this? I have tube amps and a few modellers and I’m not sure who would want a single component modelled amplifier pedal rather than a modeler or even a plugin.

[@JoshFryer]

Wasn't gonna buy one without the Rectifather's take on it. 🙏

[@JoshFryer]

Are you a Collectifier? 🤔

[@JAFOpty]

feels like these $400 single trick pedals are a bit out of place in a world of ToneX, Nano Cortex, etc....

[@Manley156]

Or a free pluging or something similar which sounds significantly better

[@tutatis96]

​@@Manley156well plugins don't count this stuff is clearly meant for the stage

[@metaldemonseanknels]

now do the diezel vh4-2 pedal lol

[@crock2434]

I was hoping you would demo this. But really would you pay for this expensive pedal...? If you didn't own the Amp revision it's modeled on?

[@RiffsAndBeards]

If I didn't own 6 original Rectifiers? I would buy this. But since I do own 6 original Rectifiers, I will be giving this to a friend.

[@guitarFlownimo]

I can’t get over the fact that people get plugins in a Pedal!

[@jamproject9]

Prob because they are in bands and play live

[@guitarFlownimo]

@@jamproject9 still not getting it,way too overpriced!

[@aeon4214]

this thing sounds great....but damn it's nearly unusable on an actual pedal board. Only recalls one preset without the phone app, no MIDI, no 'channel switching' without touching the pedal. Think it's a great studio tool, but this was NOT designed by actual guitarists to be place on an actual board imo.

[@PaulLembo]

Buying a model at time from UA. Getting kinda hilarious. If you only need one it makes sense. Once you get two it starts to get weird.

[@Skoora]

Problem is, the best part of a recto is feeling the size in the room, through a 4x12. That’s where all the fun is. Recording them is tricky but red modern in the room is just a big smile on your face even if it’s not the best recorded sound. So recto in a pedal…no thanks.

[@justokotoeh]

damn what is that schecter

[@rogerYT69]

every week a new ua amp pedal😅 cool but a bit expensive if you want them all😊

[@ze7en]

WHERE'S THE CHUG THOUGH?

[@JimsMusicJourney]

@@ze7en I didn't hear it either.

[@clemguitar63]

Ola Englund is his name!

[@Ronniebj81]

I love the new UAFX pedals. Bought the ANTI when it came out, so this is a must-buy for me. Would love to hear this pedal with some old school Cannibal Corpse settings and compare it, or why not the classic Meshuggah DEI tone? Great vid Fluff!

[@GregoryMerritt-o1f]

I'm a total moron for selling my Blackjack. That's a sexy guitar.

[@stanknugget]

Why didn’t you do a comparison? Because you can be bought.

[@VagendaAdnegav]

Am I the only person hearing this and wondering where the balls are?

[@chrisdover8507]

Anyone else confused how this business model is even working for UA? I mean just buy a nano cortex and you have everything!? Or a used HX stomp for the same price? I don’t know why KZbinrs aren’t mentioning this? Well I do know I guess $$$

[@Dave-0]

This is one of those “sits nice in a mix” pedals that sounds like shit when solo’d for a demo

[@Brykk]

Thats funny, you collect rectifiers………i collect dumpster fires. Who knew. Lol

[@hb8482]

Purchased!

[@davius1911]

i promised myself no more pedals this month. I lied.

[@indeloon85]

Was Killswitch the first big band to start doing a tubescreamer type OD in the front of a Recto? I know other bands around that time were doing it with other amps (5150, Mark IV, etc.). If so, that’s pretty awesome that an OD is now almost a standard thing to come in something like this pedal of an already high gain amp. Kudos!

[@nickharper8145]

A lot of bands have been doing it since the amp released so no Killswitch Engage was far from the first to do it.

[@indeloon85]

@@nickharper8145ah good to know! Thank you for clarification!

[@brianb4877]

I think I’m going to get this haha

[@S1N15A]

Why does everyone shill the same thing at the same time?

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Sounds like sh, sorry

[@MatthaeusEbonah]

UAFX are definitely changing the game right now!!! But I would like them to do an acoustic amp modeler. Say you got an acoustisomic and you wanna go from worship to rock. UAFX got ya covered.

[@MakeAmericaGreatAgain234]

Sold

[@Exploboy]

kinda meh, sorry

[@ednelson2850]

You’re a Collectifier.

[@NicholasMaus]

UA absolutely nailed that FARTY MESA sound!

[@cleberluiz6435]

I have Lion and OxStomp pedals. The UAFX Control App is horrible and it DOES NOT work properly, specially with android!!!. * SHAME ON UA FOR NOT LISTENING TO THE CUSTOMERS. WE FELT BETRAYED when you released a Plugin instead of a decent computer interface to interact with the pedals when it’s plugged in USB. Even TONEX has this feature... I REGRET BUYING Lion and OxStomp pedals..

[@carlthomas99]

Pretty sure I will spend the $399 on this. Thanks, Ryan.

[@ThreeBeingOne]

Intro has too much sat

[@monsieurabsurd1395]

Not impressed with any demos of this product. Does not aound good at all to my ears

[@koonsickgreen6272]

Bs. Can clearly see ure not impressed.

[@MrJeanFeu]

Do we need the app? 🫣🤪

[@hb8482]

I think the app is needed - despite the comment that Fluff makes about not necessarily needing the app. While you may not need to switch boosters styles or adjust the bold/spongy setting or switch tubes there is a pretty good reason to be able to adjust the master volume on a recto ie set it low and it’s only on the app. That being said I ordered mine…..

[@tonekilltech]

You don't have to use the app. The app gives you access to more features and tweakability, but the pedal works great without the app.